Apply: Water Leader - Wellington

At WSP our collective strength allows us to think globally while acting locally to deliver iconic projects. It is our people who make this possible. We value our people and make extraordinary efforts to attract, develop, engage and retain the best professionals in our fields of expertise.


Outstanding Water Leadership Opportunity – Wellington


Our water business leads one of the fastest growing water programme delivery teams in New Zealand. With significant and long term contracts established this is an opportunity to lead and grow a team through the affordable waters transition and take another significant step in your career.  

We are looking for a people leader who can drive local client engagement, grow business development, and champion technical excellence, in addition to contributing to and helping to shape national strategy for the water sector.

You’ll be an existing or emerging leader, and a role model for delivery of complex projects in the infrastructure and/or water sector.

Join a large and high performing team of water professionals with a strong forward workload of iconic and community outcome focussed projects and programmes.

There is plenty of room here to shape the role to suit. We are also looking to recruit a Client Director Water and Programme Leader Water in this location.

 
The Role:

• Provide strategic and operational leadership to the Water Sector in Wellington while embedding a National Water sector view, promoting visibility and leadership for both clients and people.
• Drive and achieve exceptional outcomes for our clients and stakeholders, maximising commercial and project outcomes
• Lead an inspiring performance culture and coach your people with strong performance and talent management practices to deliver to their potential.
• Take a leading role in the delivery of key or strategic projects in Aotearoa New Zealand.
• Lead design on projects and programmes of work through day-to-day design guidance, verification and review, providing robust and future ready solutions that meet client and community needs.
• Project directorship and technical leadership.
• Leading engagement with clients and stakeholders on Wellington water projects, including supporting relationship management.
• Scoping projects and programmes.
• Provide commercial leadership and market knowledge with experience of contracts, risk, variations, cash management and sub-consultancy arrangements.

Skills and Experience:

• A recognised tertiary qualification
• CPEng or equivalent
• Minimum of 15 years professional experience as an infrastructure/water professional
• 7-10 years experience in a senior people or project leadership role.
• Extensive experience developing and implementing business plans.
• Extensive senior project management experience with a strong commercial focus and risk management framework
• Proven experience of developing effective relationships with clients and developing client pipelines and prospects across the industry/sector.

How to Apply:

To apply, just follow the link and apply online.

For more details you can reach out to Brooke Campbell-Town (Business Partner - Executive Talent) brooke.campbell-town@wsp.com


Why us?

WSP NZ has earnt top 5 best employers to work for in Aotearoa on Randstad’s latest employer survey. Our team is dedicated to creating innovative, comprehensive, and sustainable engineering solutions for a future where our people, whanau and communities can thrive. We have several complex and exciting projects on the go and a strong pipeline of work across multiple disciplines.


As a company we’re focused on prioritising a diverse, inclusive, supportive environment where our people feel empowered and in control of their time and believe that this is essential to our collective achievement. We believe that great results come from collaboration and people being able to bring their authentic selves to work.